In Summer 2009, Al Ahly and his rival El Zamalek began a war to sign Ismaily's defender. El Zamalek was too close to sign Abdel-Fadil, but the defender failed to agree personal terms of his contract with the Cairo club. Eventually, Al-Ahly have pulled a transfer surprise by snatching Ismaily's defender from under the noses of Zamalek. Abdel-Fadil penned a four-year contract with Al-Ahly on Friday 31 July. Al-Ahly agreed to pay EGP7.5 million in addition to the right-back, Ahmad Sedik, to complete the deal with Ismaily.